amber
E471
Industrial fatty-acid emulsifier shown to disrupt gut mucus barrier and microbiome in mouse models. Ubiquitous in baked goods and chocolate.
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Lamingtons gluten free
Is Woolworths Lamingtons gluten free low tox? Our scanner flagged 2 ingredients (2 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
2 caution
2 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
amber
E223
Documented MCAS, asthma and migraine trigger in sensitive individuals.
Full ingredients (from label)
packed for wool cake (53%) (sugar, starches (maize, tapioca, potato, rice), 1 woolworths w bella vista nsw quantity per 100g raising agents (500, 541, 341), em uisifiers (475, 471), thickeners (415, 412), dextrose, glycerine (422), salt, preservative (202, 330))chọc coating (14%) (water, sugar, for more infor cocoa powder, gelatine (beef). thíckener (1422), vegetable 1800 103 515 gum (415), salt)coconut topping (7%) (coconut, preservative (223)). 80 favona roac mangereauck 1130kj 271cal 0800 40 40 4 www.woolwa detected www.woolwo 699 6t 0> contains: egg. soybeans and sulphites. 60 s allergen advice 49 may be present: milk tray storage instructions
How this analysis is generated
Each ingredient on this product's published label is matched against our 237 source-cited chemical rules, each documenting a concern from peer-reviewed research and regulatory sources. Severity tiers:
- Avoid (red) — banned or restricted in the EU, UK or Canada but still legal in the US, IARC-listed, or strong contact-allergen evidence.
- Caution (amber) — regulatory caution, contamination risk, or condition-specific irritant.
- Mild (green) — low concern but commonly avoided in low-tox formulations.
Each flag links to its primary chemical-level source, and each condition pill links to a PubMed-indexed paper that discusses the chemical class in the context of that condition. Every citation is a real peer-reviewed paper — we don't link to Wikipedia or PubMed search pages. Some pairs use a topically-broad paper (e.g. a fragrance-allergen patch-test review) rather than a single-pair study where the literature is thin. The full evidence chain (chemical → mechanism → condition → paper) is one click away.
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